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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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